In Service: 8 October 1931 to 16 December 1946
Ordered:
Builder: Reichsmarinewerft,
Wilhelmshaven
Construction No: 117
Laid down: 18 April 1928
Launched: 18 October 1929
Commissioned: 8 October 1931
Type: Light cruiser
Class: Leipzig
Displacement: 6,310 tons standard 8,100 tons full load
Length: 177 m
Beam: 16.3 m
Draft: 5.69 m
Propulsion: 3 × shafts steam turbines and diesel engines.
Power: 65,585 hp
Propellers: 3
Speed: 31.9 knots
Range: 2,800 nautical miles at 16.5 knots
Crew: 850 men and officers
Armament:
9 × 15 cm L/60 SK C/25
carried 1,080 to 1,580 rounds
2 × 8.8 cm L /45 SK C/30 before 1934
6 × 8.8 cm L/76 SK C/32 after 1934
carried 800 to 2,400 rounds
8 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30 after 1941
14 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30 after 1941
4 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30 after 1944
8 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30 after 1944
carried 50 cm torpedoes before 1934
transferred torpedoe tubes to Scharnhorst and Gneisenau after
1944
120 mines
Armour Belt 50 to 70 mm, Deck 40 mm, Turrets 20 mm,
Aircraft: 2 ×
Arado
Ar 196 seaplanes
Variants:
Leipzig
Emden
Königsberg
Karlsruhe
Köln
Nürnberg
Other: Light cruisers
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The Leipzig was Commissioned on 8 October 1931 Throughout
the Spanish Civil War Leipzig patrolled as part of the international
naval blockade.
On 13 December 1939 Leipzig was torpedoed by the Royal Navy
submarine HMS Salmon and badly damaged. Two destroyed boiler
rooms were renewed as living quarters and the Leipzig was
changed into a training ship. She was recommissioned on 1
December 1940. When Germany went on the offensive against
the Soviet Union in June 1941 (Operation Barbarossa), the
cruiser participated in the shelling of the islands Osel and
Dago in the Baltic Sea, before resuming her duties as a training
vessel.
8 October 1931
The Leipzig is commissioned.
1 September 1939
The Leipzig carries out operations in the Danzig Beight
along with Köln, Nürnberg and the destroyer Leberecht Maas.
7 November 1939
The Leipzig is in collision with training ship Bremse.
12 to 13 December 1939
The Leipzig along with Köln, and Nürnberg conduct mining
operations. The British submarine HMS Salomon torpedoes
Leipzig and Nürnberg.
14 December 1939
The already damaged Leipzig, is attacked by the British
submarine HMS Ursula, but the torpedo misses and hits the
escort ship F9 which is sunk.
1 December 1940
The Leipzig is recommissioned.
27 September 1941
The Leipzig is accompanied by the light cruiser Emden, the
Emden sinks the Soviet MTB 83.
1 August 1943 The Leipzig is returned to service
with reduced crew.
15 October 1944
The Leipzig is severely damaged in collision with Prinz
Eugen, The Leipzig is towed back to Gotenhafen for temporary
repairs.
1944
The Leipzig served as stationary training ship at Gotenhafen.
30 June 1945
The Leipzig surrendered at Apenarde and transferred to Wilhelmshaven
as a barrack ship.
16 December 1946
The Leipzig is scuttled along with T21 loaded with gas shells.
Position 57° 53N 06° 13E.
Hans
Herbert Stobwasser
Takes command on 8 October 1931
Ends command on 24 September 1933
Otto
Hormel
Takes command on 24 September 1933
Ends command on 29 September 1935
Otto
Schenk
Takes command on 29 September 1935
Ends command on 1 October 1937
Werner
Löwisch
Takes command on 1 October 1937
Ends command on 3 April 1939
Heinz
Nordmann
Takes command on 3 April 1939
Ends command on 27 February 1940
Werner
Stichling
Takes command on 1 December 1940
Ends command on 30 August 1942
Friedrich
Trugott Schmitt
Takes command on 30 August 1942
Ends command on 25 September 1942
Waldemar
Winther
Takes command on 25 September 1942
Ends command on 18 February 1943
Joachim
Asmus
Takes command on 18 February 1943
Ends command on 4 March 1943
Walter
Hülsemann
Takes command on 1 August 1943
Ends command on 25 August 1944
Heinrich
Spörel
Takes command on 25 August 1944
Ends command on November 1944
Hagen
Küsfer
Takes command on November 1944
Ends command on January 1945
Walter
Bach
Takes command on January 1945
Ends command on December 1945
German Warships, 1815-1945: Major Surface Vessels.
ISBN-10: 0851775330
German Warships, 1815-1945: U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels.
ISBN-10: 155750301X
German warships of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0668040378
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